SAC Atlanta to SAC Portland re Columbus, Georgia walk-in informant, NORJACK
Document date 24 February 1982
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Subject: Cooper Files: Cooper-Part-46:311-312 Document: Airtel SAC Atlanta to SAC Portland re Columbus, Georgia walk-in informant, NORJACK Id: Cooper-Part-46:311-312 Page: https://cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A311-312 What is wrong (title, date, type, which pages belong together, copies)? What does the scan show?
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FBI 164-81, Vault Part 46 pp. 311–312 (DB Cooper-19153–19154), Airtel, dated 24 Feb 1982 — cooper.theunsolved.net/documents/Cooper-Part-46%3A311-312
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2/24/82
TO: SAC, PORTLAND (164-41)
FROM: SAC, ATLANTA (164A-642) (RUC) (SQ. 7)
NORJACK CAA-HIJACKING OO: PORTLAND SEATTLE
Re Columbus RA telephone call to Portland, dated 2/16/82.
On 2/16/82, [REDACTED] (protect identity by request), date of birth [REDACTED] address [REDACTED] Columbus, Georgia, telephone number [REDACTED] voluntarily appeared at the Columbus, Georgia, RA and furnished the following information concerning the possible identity of "D. B. Cooper":
In [REDACTED] [REDACTED] the U. S. Army Disciplinary Barracks, Camp Gordon (Ft. Gordon), Georgia, he became acquainted with a [REDACTED] (first name unknown) [REDACTED] U. S. Air Force, [REDACTED] the barracks [REDACTED]
[REDACTED] told him that [REDACTED] [REDACTED] told him that [REDACTED]
He described [REDACTED] as a white male, in his early twenties, with slender build, medium complexion and thin facial features.
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2-Portland (164-41) 1-Seattle (164A-81) 1-Atlanta (164A-642) CHRP:mmj (4)
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No further investigation 3/14/82 [guess: A4-S]-8654
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[REDACTED] [initials] DB Cooper-19153
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b6 b7C b7D
AT 164-642
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During their acquaintance for an [REDACTED] and prior to [REDACTED]
The aircraft apparently [REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
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He never saw [REDACTED] and subsequently served several years at the Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, for [REDACTED] While incarcerated at Reidsville in the early [REDACTED] he heard and read about the hijacking involving "D. B. Cooper" and saw the drawing of Cooper. He believed that [REDACTED] could be identical with Cooper because [REDACTED] fit the description of the hijacker, looked like the drawing and had discussed with [REDACTED] [REDACTED] He noted that [REDACTED] had displayed an extensive knowledge of aircraft, as well as parachuting. He believed that [REDACTED] was capable of undertaking the Cooper hijack scheme.
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He added that [REDACTED] was well educated and had been an [REDACTED] at the Army Disciplinary Barracks, while he [REDACTED]
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[REDACTED] said that his reason for reporting this information to the FBI at this time was based solely on the possibility of his receiving some sort of reward in the event [REDACTED] was determined to be Cooper. He said he was specifically interested in a one million dollar reward offered by Universal Studios in California, at the time they were making a movie about Cooper.
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LEADS
PORTLAND DIVISION
AT PORTLAND, OREGON
Will evaluate the above information and take whatever action is deemed appropriate.
ARMED AND DANGEROUS
2*
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DB Cooper-19154
Serials: AT 164-642, PD 164-41, SE 164-81